Barriers to addressing sustainable construction in public procurement strategies

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-237

  Sourani, Amr ^a   Sohail, Muhammad ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Procurement; Public policy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CAPITALS COSTS; CONSTRUCTION PROCUREMENT; FUNDINGS; POLICY REGULATIONS; PROCUREMENT; PROCUREMENT STRATEGY; PUBLIC CLIENTS; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84856492689     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.2011.164.4.229     Document Type: Article

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